FOA-FY2021
Proposals for Large-Scale EMSL Research; March 2,
2020
Agency
US
Department of Energy – Office of Science – Environmental Molecular Sciences
Laboratory (EMSL)
Description
EMSL's
Call for FY2021 Large-Scale EMSL Research Proposals is seeking leading-edge
research activities to advance scientific understanding in each of EMSL’s
science areas, as well as novel applications of EMSL capabilities. The focus
topics announced aim to advance scientific understanding in areas of interest
to, or aligned with, those of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of
Biological and Environmental Research (BER) and EMSL.
The
DOE
Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program supports
several user facilities, including EMSL, as well as a number of process and
modeling research activities. Research within the BER program seeks to achieve
fundamental understanding and prediction of complex biological, Earth, and
environmental systems for energy and infrastructure security. Research efforts
span a wide range of temporal and spatial scales from sub-micron to global,
individual molecules to ecosystems, and nanoseconds to multi-decadal. BER
advances and integrates process-level understanding of complex systems across
these scales by coupling observations, experiments, and theory with modeling and
simulation to address DOE missions.
Accepted
proposals are valid for two years provided that a summary and extension
request demonstrate sufficient progress toward the stated goals for the first
year. Focus Topics by Science Area:
·
Functional
and Systems Biology Area
·
Environmental
Transformations and Interactions Area
·
Novel
Applications of EMSL Capabilities
EMSL’s
mission is to accelerate scientific
discovery and pioneer new capabilities to understand biological and
environmental processes across temporal and spatial scales. EMSL leads the
scientific community toward a predictive understanding of complex biological
and environmental systems to enable sustainable solutions to the nation’s
energy and environmental challenges. While
applications will be accepted that address any aspect of the DOE
mission areas, special consideration will be given to projects
that address the specific areas within each Science Area, especially those in
which research: (i) leads to disruptive scientific
advances; (ii) couples experiments with modeling/simulation; or (iii) develops
and applies new or enhanced computational capabilities to support EMSL's
research objectives.
Prospective
users are strongly advised to contact the relevant Capability
Lead(s) or Science Lead below to discuss proposal ideas and
possible research collaborations with EMSL staff. Prospective users interested
in coupling experimental and computational approaches, or developing novel
computational modeling and informatics methods that support research within the
focus topics should contact the Deputy
of Computing.
Announcement
Number
N/A
Closing
Date
March
2, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.emsl.pnnl.gov/emslweb/call-fy2021-proposals-large-scale-emsl-research
Contact
Information
Terry
Law
(509)-371-6201